Wednesday, June 20, 2018

NFL's Top 100 Players: 20-11

The countdown of the NFL's Top 100 Player of 2018 continued on NFL Network Monday night with the players ranked 20-11.

20. Alvin Kamara, RB, New Orleans Saints
19. Everson Griffen, DE, Minnesota Vikings
18. Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers
17. Jalen Ramsey, CB. Jacksonville Jaguars
16. Khalil Mack, DE, Oakland Raiders
15. Rob Gronkowski, TE, New England Patriots
14. Calais Campbell, DE, Jacksonville Jaguars
13. DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Houston Texans
12 Luke Kuechly, LB, Carolina Panthers
11. Russell Wilson, QB, Seattle Seahawks

There were two newcomers to the Top 100.
Alvin Kamara
Jalen Ramsey
It's remarkable that both made their debut among the Top 20.

This week's ten-player reveal included a few players that made huge leaps.
Alvin Kamara-unranked to #20
Everson Griffen-#92 to #19
Jalen Ramsey-unranked to #17
Calais Campbell-#83 to #14
DeAndre Hopkins made the leap from unranked in 2017 to #13 this year but including him with the above didn't feel right. He was a top 20 player in 2016 but injuries dropped him from the list last year.

Everson Griffen joins six of his Vikings teammates on the Top 100.
94. Kirk Cousins
83. Linval Joseph
65. Stefon Diggs
55. Xavier Rhodes
46. Harrison Smith
36. Adam Thielen
19. Everson Griffen
That's a nice total but I'm expecting Dalvin Cook, Danielle Hunter, Eric Kendricks, and Anthony Barr to join them on next year's Top 100. 11 players. That sounds about right.

Griffen joins Adrian Peterson and Jared Allen as Vikings players that have been ranked among the top-20.

It was a little surprising to see Khalil Mack and Luke Kuechly outside the top-10. I'm guessing that an excessive number of quarterbacks pushed them out of the top group.

Next week: 10-1. The Top 10. That's exciting.

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